Death of Victor Huge
PARIS, May 22. Victor Huge died to-day in his 84th year. [Victor Marie Huge was born in Bescangon on February 26, 1802. He was…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1885
220 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 11
Death of Another Old Colonist
ANOTHER Of the above gentry passed over to the great majority on Thursday last, in the person of Mr. Joseph M'Guire, of Perkin-street, at the ripe old age of 94…
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PARIS, Wednesday.—The funeral of Victor Hugo takes place on Monday next. Communist disorders are feared, and the authorities are making preparations to…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Captain Innes, the father of Sir George, and many years a resident with the late Dr. Brooks, at Newcastle, died to-day…
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THE booming of the great bell of St. Paul's on the day of the death of the Lord Mayor of London caused intense anxiety. It is an awful sounding…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—The death of Mr. Robert Davidson, a very old Queensland colonist, is announced. Mr. Davidson had gone home for the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Dr. Fortesque, of Sydney, died this morning of typhoid fever, after an attack lasting for four weeks…
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BERLIN papers report recently the death, in a condition of great poverty, of a woman who passed for several years as one of the last surviving…
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PARIS, Monday.—A decree has been issued by the authorities forbidding any display of Communistic flags on the occasion of the funeral of Victor Hugo…
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THE attack of typhoid fever, contracted, it is believed, whilst in attendance on a patient, from which Dr. Fortescue suffered during the past four weeks, resulted in his…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The following telegram has been received by the Colonial Secretary from Colombo, dated 1st June:—"Robertson dead; Coburn…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Anglican Archdeacon of Akaroa, New Zealand, died here yesterday…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The death is announced of Jules Benedict, the eminent composer, aged 80…
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NEWS has reached England of the death of Mr. Edward Spenser Burns, of the International African Association, third son of Dr. Dawson Burns. Mr. E. S…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The pioneer of the order of the sisters of Mercy in Australia, Sister Mary Ursula Frayne, Superioress of the Convent of Mercy,…
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IT is reported in New York that General Grant has written a letter, addressed to the Press of the country, of which the following is a rough draft:…
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THOMAS M'PHAIL was born in Dumfries, Scotland, 10th March, 1802, educated at the Edinburgh University, and was a fellow scholar to Dr. Somerville. He arrived in…
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AUCKLAND, Friday.—Mr. John Sheehan who was formerly Native Minister, died to-day…
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LONDON, Friday.—Admiral John Lord Stokes is dead…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Rev. Edwin Paxton Hood, the well known religious author, is dead…
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